Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

